The job-{search community is buzzing over how a new network of websites at the .jobs domain will affect employers, who can list openings there for free, and other job boards, whose business models rely on companies that pay to list jobs. But largely left out of the conversation is what these 40,000 websites and their umbrella site, universe.jobs, mean for job seekers.
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So today we're answering the question you really care about: If you're job-hunting, are the .jobs sites worth your while?
While the project has great potential, particularly because the domain is likely to rank high in Google search results, online job-search experts say the sites don't yet offer anything job seekers can't find elsewhere.
"It's not a great leap forward in terms of the job seeker's experience," says Chris Russell, a job board consultant and CEO of AllCountyJobs.com. "They're just duplicating content ... There are already too many job boards out there."
Finding a .jobs site that fits your needs is as easy as typing your occupation into your browser—say, for example, nursing or engineering —and adding .jobs rather than .com. You can also search by city: austin.jobs or washingtondc.jobs or seattle.jobs. City-occupation combinations like seattlenursing.jobs are expected to be live by the end of this week.
Click on one of the thousands of posts on those pages, and universe.jobs will redirect you to the listing on the employer's website, rather than asking you to apply through their system like some popular job boards. Others job-search sites, like SimplyHired for example, already offer that feature.
"We don't have an application database, so the job seeker applies directly to the company's website, which is exactly what employers want," says Bill Warren, executive director of DirectEmployers Association, which manages the .jobs domain. Ironically, he's also one of the founders of Monster.com, one of the companies that tried to block Warren's association from building out the top-level domain. (Warren left Monster.com in 1999 after serving as president
Click here to find out more!
So today we're answering the question you really care about: If you're job-hunting, are the .jobs sites worth your while?
While the project has great potential, particularly because the domain is likely to rank high in Google search results, online job-search experts say the sites don't yet offer anything job seekers can't find elsewhere.
"It's not a great leap forward in terms of the job seeker's experience," says Chris Russell, a job board consultant and CEO of AllCountyJobs.com. "They're just duplicating content ... There are already too many job boards out there."
Finding a .jobs site that fits your needs is as easy as typing your occupation into your browser—say, for example, nursing or engineering —and adding .jobs rather than .com. You can also search by city: austin.jobs or washingtondc.jobs or seattle.jobs. City-occupation combinations like seattlenursing.jobs are expected to be live by the end of this week.
Click on one of the thousands of posts on those pages, and universe.jobs will redirect you to the listing on the employer's website, rather than asking you to apply through their system like some popular job boards. Others job-search sites, like SimplyHired for example, already offer that feature.
"We don't have an application database, so the job seeker applies directly to the company's website, which is exactly what employers want," says Bill Warren, executive director of DirectEmployers Association, which manages the .jobs domain. Ironically, he's also one of the founders of Monster.com, one of the companies that tried to block Warren's association from building out the top-level domain. (Warren left Monster.com in 1999 after serving as president
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